Drought Impacts on the Complex

In 2015, the Sacramento, Delevan, and Colusa NWRs will be receiving only 75% of their allocated water. The refuge managers and biologists continue to strategize for the optimal use of water to continue to meet the refuges' goals. The staff is being flexible with water usage so water conserved early in the season can be used later in the season to meet management objectives. State and federal land managers are working strategically together on a landscape-wide level in their water management.

Updated July 24, 2015

Wetland Distribution Maps

What will the land look like this winter with only 75% of its allocated water? (maps for 2015 coming soon)

Sutter NWR

The portion of the refuge within the Sutter Bypass (which includes the hunt area) will receive any water and therefore will not be flooded due to curtailments. The portion of the refuge located outside the Bypass will receive 43% of its allocation.

Llano Seco Unit

Many areas at Llano Seco will be flooded after November 1.

Hunting Info

Below is the hunting information for the 2014-15 season. This will not be updated until late September and early October.

What We Do

Did you know?

Often small groups of northern shovelers bring food to the surface by swimming rapidly in a circle while swinging their bills side to side. They strain aquatic vegetation, plankton, and tiny invertebrates through the comblike edges of their shovel-shaped bill.